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week 4 response to Rita M's post
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Wk4 Reading: The WE Story
Week 4 response to Amy B's post
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1 COMMENTS:
- glstrom said...
That is such an important insight Amy because as anyone who teaches knows, unless you have there attention, nothing gets accomplished. Especially challenging as a 6th grade teacher, but then again it is an age with much enthusiasm and energy if channelled in a creative and flexible manner...looks like you have both things going for you!
Week 4 Dream job
Interestingly enough I spent the last 23 years as a photography teacher developing (pun intended :) my ideal teaching environment. In 1986 I started with 6 students in photo club and converted an 10 x 20 book room into a photography darkroom. Over the next few years the program grew exponentially till it was the most requested full time class consisting of 3 levels, 6 periods a day with a separate darkroom and digital classroom. Radio playing and zipping about looking at negatives, test strips, scans, Photoshop projects, hand coloring, mounting and framing activities made for an exciting and interactive environment that most found memorable and fun. Of course if I were to truly dream, each student would have a digital slr with an assortment of lenses, their own Macbook pro with Adobe CS5 loaded and double period every day for every class! Maybe in my next teaching adventure because as they say, dreams really do come true if we believe.
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Great thoughts Taylor! I want to share the WE chapter with my husband -personally I think he or excuse me - we will gain from it.
But, you are right about making sure in the classroom the kids realize that we are in it together and we are there for a reason and that is for all of us to succeed.
Interesting thoughts Rita and so true. It shouldn't take educators long to figure out that if you insist on being in charge and adopt a me vs them mentality your authority will be challenged at every turn. No one likes to be told what to do in a demanding way and will often merely comply to avoid getting in trouble or failing. We both have learned that by including ourselves in the experience eliminates some of the walls that keep us from truly sharing what we know. In teaching theater I made it clear that I would never have them do anything on stage that I wasn't comfortable doing myself (often demonstrating w some comical results) thus sharing the creative energy back and forth with a foundation of trust that WE will enjoy this experience.